Combination drinking glass and dish holder



COMBINATION DRINKING GLASS AND DISH HOLDER Filed Jan. 5, 1946 22 27 28 .FIG'5. INVENTORS. LESTER w. VAN HAFTEN'. 1 16.4.

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ATTORNE I Patented Nov. 3, 1953 COMBINATION DRINKING GLASS DISH HOLDER Lester W. Van Haften and George D. Ilanby,

Chicago, 111.,

assignors to Walgreen 00.,

Chicago, 111., a corporation of Illinois Application January 5, 1946, Serial No. 639,441

3 Claims. (01. 248146) This invention relates to receptacle holders and more particularly to a combination drinking glass and dish holder, although certain features thereof may be employed with equal advantages for other purposes.

It contemplates more especially a simple and improved holder that can be utilized in one or more positions to support a drinking glass or dish to effectively present such as a utensil which aids in the consumption of the contents of the supported receptacle.

It is advantageous and desirable to provide a standard holder for the various receptacles that are utilized in over-the-counter vending of liquids and solids such as sodas, sundaes, and ice cream constituting the primary fountain dispensing substances. It is customary to provide separate drinking or soda glasses as well as dish holders to the end that a supply of each must be maintained, and these require cleansing to the end that the proper type is not always available or conveniently at hand. With the provision of a combination drinking or soda glass as well as dish holder, there is no such problem entailed, with the result that the vending of these fountain commodities will be hastened and accomplished with greater efficiency.

One object of the present invention is to provide an improved combination drinking glass and dish holder to enable the more efiective vending of fountain commodities.

Another object is to provide a simple, compact, and improved combination glass and dish holder that can be utilized in one of two positions to effectively support either type of receptacle.

Still another object is to provide an improved receptacle holder which has the ends thereof so arranged to serve either as a base or holder for various types of receptacle.

A further object is, to provide an improved receptacle holder that renders itself to the combination of different types of utensils by merely changing its supporting position.

A still further object is to provide a double ended holder that can be alternately used as a support for drinking or soda glasses and dishes to effectively present such as utensils in the vending of fountain commodities.

Still a further object is to provide a combination handle holder than can be utilized as a support for different types of fountain utensils of the receptacle type.

Other objects and advantages will appear from the following description of an illustrated embodiment of the present invention.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a front view in elevation of a receptacle holder embodying features of the present invention, it being illustrated in a position for holding and supporting a drinking or soda glass receptacle.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the holder and receptacle shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary sectional view taken substantially along line III-III in Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary sectional view in elevation of the holder shown in a comparable inverted position to that shown in Figure 1, with the holder serving to support a dish.

Figure 5 is a top plan view of the holder and receptacle shown in Figure 4. a.

The structure selected for illustration is no intended to serve as a limitation upon the scope or teachings of the invention, but is merely illustrative thereof. There may be considerable var iations and adaptations of all or part of the teachings depending upon the dictates of commercial practice.

The presentembodiment comprises a substantially frusto-spherical body [0 stamped, molded or otherwise shaped from metallic, plastic, or other suitable material to present an enlarged peripheral base H. The peripheral base II has a rounded edge 12 defined by an inwardly turned peripheral edge I3 to reinforce the body I 0 along the base edge I2 thereof. .The orifice or opening defined by the inwardly turned flange [3 of the body member ID, is suificiently large to frictionally receive the base [4 of a saucer-type dish l5 which may advantageously be used for the reception and support of a plurality of one or more scoops of ice cream therein. The dish I5 is separate and distinct from the holder l0; however, the former is readily associable and removable relative to the concave interior l6 of the holder [0. The concave interior l6 of the holder [0 communicates with a peripheral vertical flange I1 defining'the smaller orifice or opening compared to the larger base opening [3 of the holder [0. I

The flange I1 defines a circular orifice sized to conform with and to frictionally receive the base I8 of a drinking or soda glass IS. The drinking or soda glass is preferably though not essentially of frusto-conical configuration proximate to the lower region thereof to present a. tapered lower region 20 compared to the upper region 2| which may be of any desired shape or configuration depending upon the dictates of commercial practice. In order to effectively hold and 

